Nevada State Police seeks witnesses, info into fatal crash on US-50A in Churchill County
Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol Division continues its investigation into November's fatal crash that killed a Fallon woman and injured several others on US-50A in Churchill County.
On Nov. 16, 2023, at approximately 9:53 p.m., NHP troopers responded to a crash at US-50A at Fulkerson Road in Churchill County. The preliminary investigation shows that a 2006 Saturn Vue with two adult occupants and three juveniles was traveling eastbound on US-50A at Fulkerson Road.
For reasons not known at this time, the SUV departed the roadway to the right onto the outside dirt shoulder, rotated counterclockwise and overturned.
Both the driver and front right passenger (two adults) were ejected from the vehicle. The investigation is still ongoing in determining who the driver was.
One of the adult occupants, Victoria Jasmin Villareal, a 24-year-old female from Fallon, Nev., died from injuries at the scene.
The second adult occupant was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.
The three juvenile passengers in the rear of the vehicle were transported to an area hospital with minor injuries.
Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Northern Command West M.I.R.T (Multidisciplinary Investigation and Reconstruction Team) is investigating this crash. NSP Northern Command West says there were 42 fatal crashes resulting in 48 fatalities in 2023.